The Trail

Issue date: 2/16/07 Section: Features

Executive candidates Brett Veerhusen and Mark Rosasco

Brett Veerhusen and Mark Rosasco have been dreaming of becoming ASUPS executives for a long time. Veerhusen is an ASUPS presidential candidate and Rosasco is running for vice-president. Best friends since the first week at UPS, they decided to run on the same ticket during their freshman year.

"We decided in the back parking lot of Anderson-Langdon after studying for Calculus," said Veerhusen.

After realizing the opportunities that UPS was offering them and the benefits they could receive, they decided that this would be the best way for them to give back to the university.

Since making this grand decision, both have been serving in various leadership positions within ASUPS and the Greek community. Veerhusen was a Senator-at-Large his freshman year and served on the Elections Committee while Rosasco is in his second term as Greek senator and is currently the Senate Chair. He also served on the Elections Committee last year.

They feel their past experience with ASUPS has given them the necessary knowledge of the inner workings and the general structure of the organization and how it connects the university's policies with the students, faculty and staff. They also remain in contact with past and present ASUPS executives, deans and faculty, believing that this already established network will benefit their term if elected.

Their ambitions as ASUPS executives are rooted within the traditions that already exist on campus. However, they would like to implement new traditions to foster campus unity.
"We would like to create some tie to the university that will really represent [the students'] experience here," Rosasco stated.

They also want to help students understand the influence ASUPS has on their undergraduate experience and how to take advantage of that, through clubs, student events and ASUPS itself. They believe that "transparency is crucial" and that ASUPS issues and decisions should be clearly communicated to the students, allowing itself to better function to provide for the campus population.

Another issue they hope to address is how they plan on bursting the so-called "UPS bubble". They would like the outside community to be more involved with campus events and, in turn, UPS students to be more willing to eat at surrounding restaurants and participate in local organizations.

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